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Fly Wheel

This experiment aims to determine the moment of inertia of a flywheel apparatus. The setup contains a flywheel mounted on a spindle shaft supported by bearings. Nylon rope can be wound on the shaft and attached to a weight pan. By measuring the time taken for the pan to descend with different weights, the moment of inertia of the flywheel can be calculated using physics formulas. Observations of time, weights, and flywheel revolutions are recorded in a table. Calculations are then done to find the experimental and theoretical moments of inertia of the flywheel. Precautions include rotating the flywheel gradually and using a maximum weight of 1 kg.

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Fly Wheel

This experiment aims to determine the moment of inertia of a flywheel apparatus. The setup contains a flywheel mounted on a spindle shaft supported by bearings. Nylon rope can be wound on the shaft and attached to a weight pan. By measuring the time taken for the pan to descend with different weights, the moment of inertia of the flywheel can be calculated using physics formulas. Observations of time, weights, and flywheel revolutions are recorded in a table. Calculations are then done to find the experimental and theoretical moments of inertia of the flywheel. Precautions include rotating the flywheel gradually and using a maximum weight of 1 kg.

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EXPERIMENT

MOMENT OF INNERTIA OF FLYWHEEL APPARATUS

Aim : To determine the Moment of Inertia of a given Flywheel.

Description :

This set-up is having a heavy flywheel of MS Plate fixed to a spindle shaft. This spindle shaft

is then supported in a pedestal bearing block, which allows the flywheel to rotate freely about

its axis. On this spindle shaft provision is made to wound nylon rope, which is having weight

pan. The whole set-up is mounted on table type frame and stand, made from thick MS angle.

Nylon of fixed length is tied to the weight pan. Weight set is provided to carry out the

experiment. With the help of Stop watch, one can measure the descending time of the weight

pan.

Specifications:

01. Flywheel : MS Round Plate.

Size: 200mm Dia. x 40mm thick.

Weight of the Flywheel: 7.0kgs.

Pulley Dia. : 125mm r = 62.5mm

02. Bearing Block: with Ball Bearings – 2 Nos.

03. Weight Pan with weight set.

04. Stop Watch – digital Racer Type.


Procedure:

01. Wound the string (nylon rope) to the flywheel spindle shaft. Hold the pan in the hand

when it comes to the topmost position near the pulley.

02. Put weight in the weight pan say 1kg or 2kg

03. Allow the weight pan to move in downward direction.

04. Start the stop watch immediately after releasing your hand support to the pan and measure

the time when it reaches the bottom position. Repeat this procedure 2 – 3 times and take the

mean of the time taken.

** While measuring the time required to descend, one has to count the revolutions of

the Wheel from the beginning till it hits the ground and should continue these counting of

revolutions till the wheel comes to rest.

05. Enter the value of time, weight put in the pan in the observation table.

06. Add some more weight and repeat the above procedure NO. 02 to 05, once again.

The test can be conducted for different weights.

07. All the readings should be entered in the observation table and do the calculations.

Observation Table :

Sr. No. Weight Time required No. of rev. of No. of rev. of


added in the for travel. Flywheel Flywheel after ‘t’
pan. for ‘t’ secs secs. Till it
comes to rest
‘m’ in kgs. ‘t’ in secs. ‘n’ ‘N’

Constants :

01. Weight of Flywheel ‘M’ : 7.0kgs.

02. Flywheel Radius ‘R’ : 0.100m,

03. Thickness of flywheel : 0.04m

04. Radius of Pulley ‘r’ : m

05. Fixed Rope Length ‘h’ : 2.0 m ( Descending Travel )

CALCULATIONS
Technical Data

h = m. ( Vertical distance traveled by the weight pan from Upper end to Lower end ) r

= m ( radius of pulley )

m = Weight added in pan ( Kg. )

g = 9.81 m/sec2 ( gravitational acceleration ) t =

time required ( in seconds)

n = No. of Revolutions of Flywheel from Start till it touches the ground.

N = No. of revolutions of flywheel after it touches the ground till it comes to rest.

1. Moment of Inertia of Flywheel ‘IFExp.’

IFExp. = m x r2 x { N/ N+n} x [ (g x t2 / 2 h) - 1 ] ….kg.-m2

2. Theoretical Moment of Inertia of Flywheel will be determined by using the

relation..

IFT = ½ x M x R2 …. Kg.-m2

where M = weight of the flywheel = 7.0 kg.

R = 0.100m

PRECAUTIONS

1. Rotate the Flywheel gradually for smooth descend of weight pan. It should be rotated in

one direction only.

2. Maximum weight to be used is 1.0 kgs.

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